The key talking points across the aluminium supply chain ahead of Fastmarkets’ annual Aluminium Conference, taking place in Barcelona, Spain, on September 12-14

Fastmarkets is proposing to amend its PCI low-vol cfr Jingtang index (MB-COA-0007) to change its specifications, laycan and frequency.

After a consultation period between Monday June 26 and Friday August 18, Fastmarkets has added an explanation clarifying prompt release timing to within ten calendar days in its pricing methodology for the prices below:

Fastmarkets has discontinued four quarterly US titanium prices, effective from Friday September 1.

Fastmarkets has launched MB-NI-0253 nickel sulfate, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per tonne and MB-NI-0254 nickel sulfate premium, in-whs Rotterdam, $ per tonne on Friday September 1.

Bulls increasingly optimistic for higher scrap prices in September

Turkish export prices for steel rebar and wire rod have remained stable over the past week despite limited demand, while domestic prices have inched upward on a weaker Turkish lira, market sources said on Thursday August 24

Stronger buying appetite for pellet feed products among Chinese buyers has led to higher seaborne premiums since late July, with market participants expecting a wider price gap between high-grade pellet feed and high-grade sinter fines, sources told Fastmarkets on Friday August 25

Abaxx Exchange Pte Ltd plans to launch its new nickel sulfate futures contract by the end of this year and is looking at other contracts in the battery raw materials space, its president told Fastmarkets in a recent interview

Fastmarkets will on Thursday August 31 launch three barite prices to complement its existing coverage of the barite market.